The Impact of Emotion and Sex on Fabrication and False Memory Formation

The aim of the present study was to examine how negative emotion and sex affect self-generated errors as in fabrication set-up and later false recognition of those errors. In total, 120 university students volunteered to take part in the study. Participants were assigned at random into two equal siz...

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Autores principales:	Kamilla Run Johannsdottir, Halldora Bjorg Rafnsdottir, Andri Haukstein Oddsson, Haukur Freyr Gylfason
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	false memory formation fabrication self-generated errors sex differences emotional stimuli Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1f3bc3361d1b42c78e844293bf5407592021-11-25T17:51:49ZThe Impact of Emotion and Sex on Fabrication and False Memory Formation10.3390/ijerph1822121851660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/1f3bc3361d1b42c78e844293bf5407592021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/12185https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601The aim of the present study was to examine how negative emotion and sex affect self-generated errors as in fabrication set-up and later false recognition of those errors. In total, 120 university students volunteered to take part in the study. Participants were assigned at random into two equal sized groups (N = 60) depending on the type of event they received (negative emotional or neutral). We expected that fabrication and false recognition would be enhanced for the emotional event compared to the neutral one. We further hypothesized that both the willingness to fabricate and later false recognition would be enhanced for women compared with men. The results partly confirmed the hypotheses. The results showed that emotional valence (negative) affects both the willingness to fabricate about events that never took place, and the recognition of the fabrication as true at a later point. Women and men were equally likely to fabricate but women were more likely to recognize their fabrication, particularly for the emotional event. The results are discussed in the context of prior work.Kamilla Run JohannsdottirHalldora Bjorg RafnsdottirAndri Haukstein OddssonHaukur Freyr GylfasonMDPI AGarticlefalse memory formationfabricationself-generated errorssex differencesemotional stimuliMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12185, p 12185 (2021)
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spellingShingle	false memory formation fabrication self-generated errors sex differences emotional stimuli Medicine R Kamilla Run Johannsdottir Halldora Bjorg Rafnsdottir Andri Haukstein Oddsson Haukur Freyr Gylfason The Impact of Emotion and Sex on Fabrication and False Memory Formation
description	The aim of the present study was to examine how negative emotion and sex affect self-generated errors as in fabrication set-up and later false recognition of those errors. In total, 120 university students volunteered to take part in the study. Participants were assigned at random into two equal sized groups (N = 60) depending on the type of event they received (negative emotional or neutral). We expected that fabrication and false recognition would be enhanced for the emotional event compared to the neutral one. We further hypothesized that both the willingness to fabricate and later false recognition would be enhanced for women compared with men. The results partly confirmed the hypotheses. The results showed that emotional valence (negative) affects both the willingness to fabricate about events that never took place, and the recognition of the fabrication as true at a later point. Women and men were equally likely to fabricate but women were more likely to recognize their fabrication, particularly for the emotional event. The results are discussed in the context of prior work.
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author	Kamilla Run Johannsdottir Halldora Bjorg Rafnsdottir Andri Haukstein Oddsson Haukur Freyr Gylfason
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title	The Impact of Emotion and Sex on Fabrication and False Memory Formation
title_short	The Impact of Emotion and Sex on Fabrication and False Memory Formation
title_full	The Impact of Emotion and Sex on Fabrication and False Memory Formation
title_fullStr	The Impact of Emotion and Sex on Fabrication and False Memory Formation
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The Impact of Emotion and Sex on Fabrication and False Memory Formation

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